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Ile d'Aix (Region Poitou-Charentes)25 august- 15 september 2008
Description
Fort Liedot forms part of the Arsenal de Rochefort et fortifications de l'estuaire de la Charente (World Heritage Tentative List as cultural site, 2002).
The site is in need for regular restoratiions and installations. The work camp will continue works of the restoration in the parhs of th ...
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In November 2002 the Guatemalan authorities sent an updated tentative list of 16 sites eligible for nomination process for UNESCO World Heritage status. The relevance of Mayan sites, the potential for improving the representation of Mayan sites on the World Heritage list, and the linking of some proposals with pre-existing sites became clear. A mission for Preparatory ...
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There exist a great variety of Landscapes that are representative of the different regions of the world. Combined works of nature and humankind, they express a long and intimate relationship between peoples and their natural environment.There exist a great variety of Landscapes that are representative of the different regions of the world. Combined works of nature and ...
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Strasbourg, France, 29-30 January 2003
Objectives
The First teacher-training course organized in France since the beginning of the project in 1994.
The objective of the course was to familiarize the teachers with the educational concept of World Heritage and to initiate a strategy for World Heritage Education for the Alsace region.
Outcome
The teachers who had already used ...
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Higher education is crucial to the long-term preservation of World Heritage sites. As the World Heritage List grows, there is an urgent need for qualified professionals to manage every aspect of the sites, from conservation and preservation to monitory, to tourism and visitor flows as well as interaction with local authorities and communities.
The World Heritage Centre ...
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The Comite francais pour la sauvegarde de Venise often sponsors the restoration of Venetian monuments that have a French connection.
This is the case of the Cappella Clary in the Church of San Trovaso, the burial place of a French princess.
The most important work in the chapel is the beautiful fifteenth-century relief carving of three Greek marble panels on the front of ...
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Sites on the World Heritage List are cultural, natural or mixed properties recognized by the World Heritage Committee has being of outstanding universal value. Biosphere Reserves are areas of terrestrial and coastal ecosystems which are internationally recognized within the framework of UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme.
State Party
World Heritage ...
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The Comite francais pour la sauvegarde de Venise began the restoration and refurbishment of two frescoed rooms in the Querini Stampalia Foundation, once occupied by the Serenissima's last ambassador to France.
The removal of crude nineteenth-century overpainting has revealed an almost complete original decorative scheme that quite transforms the rooms concerned. T
hey will ...
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Call to produce additional innovative resource material on specific World Heritage sites
The importance of preparing new multi-media educational material focused on specific World Heritage sites in respective countries was given emphasis by participants from twenty different countries at the International conference on World Heritage in Young Hands ‘A Dialogue among ...
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The Comite francais financed the restoration of Lorenzo Bregno's sixteenth-century funeral monument to Alvise Pasqualigo in the Church of the Frari in memory of Ms Solange Gaussen. In November and December the Committee enabled the organ doors that Bonfacio de' Pitati painted for the Church of Sant'Alvise (restored in 1998) to be put on a temporary exhibition in the ...
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The first Regional Meeting on Modern Heritage, for Latin America, took place from 11 to 13 December 2002 in Monterrey (Mexico) and was organised by the World Heritage Centre, ICOMOS, DOCOMOMO and the Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia of Mexico (INAH). Attended by more than 50 persons, two dozen experts who were selected for their professional work and ...
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Dakar-Goree, Senegal 23-27 August 1999
Objectives
The World Heritage Youth Forum and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
By mobilizing the youth from different schools all around the world, UNESCO desired, through the Associated Schools Network to
sensitize young people to the World heritage preservation;
increase knowledge of the young people on a painful chapter of the human ...
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The Task Force on the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention was established by the 23rd session of the World Heritage Committee in Marrakesh, Morocco, 29 November - 4 December 1999.
The Committee determined that the Task force, chaired by Canada, would include Australia, Belgium, Hungary, Morocco, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, and the advisory bodies (ICOMOS, ...
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Originally published in 2007 in English, this publication has now been reprinted for the third time in English and translated into French, Spanish and Arabic. It presents twenty-six case studies from selected natural and cultural World Heritage sites in order to illustrate the impacts of climate change that have already been observed, and those that can be expected in the ...
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The France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement, similar to the technical cooperation provided to the Town of Luang Prabang in the Lao People's Democratic Republic, has provided technical and financial support to national and local authorities for the inscription, protection and enhancement and development of the Ile de Saint-Louis in Senegal, based on decentralised collaboration ...
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The handbook "Cultural heritage and local development: A Guide for African local governments", co-edited by the France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement and CRATerre-ENSAG in 2006, was designed as a tool for decision making, but also for sensitising the elected representatives to the challenges of the protection and valorisation of their heritage. It aims to create a new ...
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Covering an area estimated at 1.62 million km2, the forests of Central Africa are home to vital biodiversity for the planet and play a central role in climate regulation and carbon sequestration.
Central Africa World Heritage Forest Initiative(CAWHFI)
© Ralf Fisher / Tri-national de la Sangha
Covering an area estimated at 1.62 million km2, the forests of ...
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The UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes has been awarded for its first edition in 1999 jointly to Valle de Vinales (Cuba), the Elishia's Park in Jericho (State of Palestine), and the Open-Air Art Museum at Pedvale (Latvia).
Valle de VinalesCuba
Valle de Vinales (Cuba) © UNESCO, Ron Van Oers
The ...
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Tunis, Tunisia, 11-13 February 2005
Event
A Regional Workshop on the Practical Manual: Introducing Young People to Heritage Site Management and Protection was held in Tunis involving teachers, from 7 countries in the Arab region, in the discussion and evaluation of pedagogic and curricula approaches for the protection of historic sites and cities.
Objectives
The ultimate ...
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The UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes was created in 1995 to reward outstanding examples of action to safeguard and enhance the world’s cultural landscapes.
UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes
Tae Rak channel and ...
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Created in 2003 within the framework of the Global Strategy for the balanced, representative and credible World Heritage List, as a pilot activity for the identification of the sites connected with astronomy, the Thematic Initiative on Astronomy and World Heritage, aims to establish a link between Science and Culture towards recognition of the monuments and sites connected ...
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Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru share a common cultural heritage of outstanding value: the Qhapaq Nan, or Main Andean Road.
For the past three years the World Heritage Centre has been assisting these countries in a pioneering project: the preparation of a single nomination for the inclusion of Qhapaq Nan in the World Heritage List entailing an ...
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Lima, Peru 23 February - 1 March 2001
Objectives
The main objective of the Forum was to find ways to protect the areas that are threatened by tourism.
The global phenomenon of the increase of tourism forces authorities to plan and think of the potential impact that the circulation of voyagers has over a site. For this reason students and teachers of the Youth Forum put ...
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From the 20 to the 23 September 2004, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre organised an international seminar involving official representatives and experts in the area of Archaeology in the Caribbean for the identification of Archaeological sites in the Caribbean for potential inscription on the World Heritage List, in Fort-de-France, Martinique. The results of the seminar ...
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The ‘Niger-Loire: Governance and Culture’ project, coordinated by the World Heritage Centre within the framework of the France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement, and financed by the European Commission, was launched in Mali in November 2007 as a result of discussions initiated in 2004 on the development of the Inner Niger Delta and its inscription on the World Heritage List as ...
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The technical cooperation for the protection, enhancement and development of the Town of Luang Prabang, Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a remarkable example of tripartite cooperation between the Lao People's Democratic Republic, France and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre. It is the flagship pilot project of the France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement, which served as a ...
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People of Africa, the Americas, the Arab to the future world, Asia, Europe and the Pacific; men, women and children, we are all the inheritors of treasures from past civilizations and natural sites of outstanding beauty. We are all responsible for passing these treasures on civilizations. People of the world, ephemeral owners of the world heritage of humanity, ours is the ...
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Our Pledge, Bergen, Norway
Cultural and natural sites form the environment on which human beings are dependent psychologically, religiously, educationally and economically. Their destruction or even deterioration could be harmful to the survival of our identity, our nations and our planet. We have the responsibility to preserve these sites for future generations.
Our ...
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The mid ocean ridge systems are the largest geological features on the planet. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) is a mostly underwater mountain range in the Atlantic Ocean that runs from 87°N -about 333km south of the North Pole- to subantarctic Bourvet island at 54°S. The MAR is about 3 km in height above the ocean floor and 1000 to 1500 km wide, has numerous transform faults ...
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UNESCO World Heritage Forests
© David Geldhof / Yosemite National Park
Forests are some of the most biodiversity-rich habitats on Earth. They play a crucial role in climate regulation by absorbing carbon dioxide (CO2) and are considered as one of the most cost-effective forms of climate action.
They are also vitally important for human well-being and survival. It ...
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The World Heritage Information Network (WHIN) is the global network of World Heritage information providers.
It was created in 1995 in order to foster the exchange of information between partner networks and World Heritage sites around the world. In addition to information carried by its partners, news is circulated through WHNEWS, the e-mail newsletter, the printed World ...
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Valencia, July 1998
By Minja Yang
As the century approaches its end, the oracles of the day have set about prophesying doom or utopia in the next millennium at conferences, in the media and even in board rooms where marketing strategies are developed for just about anything from soap to satellite dishes. After a century of unprecedented commodities production through the ...
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The focus of this Campaign is the safeguarding of all aspects of Afghan cultural heritage, both tangible and intangible, including museums, monuments, archaeological sites, music, art, traditional crafts etc.
Objective
The safeguarding of cultural heritage holds an important position in order to strengthen the sense of national identity. Cultural heritage can become a ...
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Culture|2030 IndicatorsHosagrahar,teamJyoti,culture2030indicators
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Young People's Appeal from Dubrovnik
We, the young people "Patrimonitos" (heritage protectors), as we call ourselves, are so happy to be here in the World Heritage City of Dubrovnik. During this forum we became aware of the importance of preserving our heritage which we consider to be our treasure, and we discussed our ideas for protecting the World heritage with the ...
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UNESCO assists the Afghan authorities in preventing the illicit trafficking of cultural property.
UNESCO's policy on the protective safekeeping of cultural property is straightforward.
Where there is a serious danger to the survival of heritage, and at the request of the recognized government of the country concerned, UNESCO arranges with NGOs the safe custody of objects ...
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Strengthening different parts of the nomination dossier of the Diy Gid Biy Cultural Landscape of the Mandara Mountains (extension of the Sukur Cultural Landscape) on the World Heritage List
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The Executive Board of UNESCO approved at its 167th session (decision 9.2) the establishment of the International Coordination Committee for the Safeguarding of the Cultural Heritage of Iraq.
The Committee, which is under the auspices of the Iraqi authorities, has been created for the coordination of all international activities aiming at safeguarding the Iraqi cultural ...
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Managing Cultural World HeritageFrankLaura
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UNESCO Culture|2030 Indicators Expert Facility
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The President of the Republic of Senegal (by Decree 2001-1065 of 20 December 2001) requested the Ministry of Culture (in particular, the Department of Cultural Heritage) conduct an inventory of historical sites and monuments for Senegal over the course of five years. Since Senegal has access to international sovereignty, the country initiated the law 71-12 on the 25th of ...
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Culture|2030 Indicators First Phase of Implementation 2021-2022
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The aims of this project are to substantially improve the state of preservation of the Bamiyan site, to ensure the long term consolidation of the site, to increase the national capacity in the conservation of cultural heritage, and to create a basis for the inception of cultural tourism in Bamiyan.
Phase II of the project was begun in May 2005 and will build on the results ...
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Promotion of intercultural dialogue and tolerance attitudes among children through arts and music expression.
Reintroducing arts and traditional music as well as diffusing knowledge of history and customs are essential for a successful reconstruction process in Afghanistan. They can foster the development of a common identity and lay the foundation for intercultural ...
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Disaster Risk Management Plan for Quebrada de Humahuaca
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Washing of the Valongo Wharf, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
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The First Foro Accesible de Patrimonio JovenQuinCarméla
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Inventory of Cultural Heritage in Gabon
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Seminar on the cultural heritage inventories of Maghreb
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Culture and Development: World Heritage in the Caribbean
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Promoting field-based heritage education in Cartagena de Indias (Colombia)
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The Cultural Resource Management (CRM) Master programme was established and launched at Yarmouk University in winter semester 2005/2006. Over 30 students and 10 faculty members were involved in the academic exchange programme between BTU Cottbus and Yarmouk University within the framework of this programme.Activity 1: Establishment of a Master degree in Cultural Resource ...
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Seminar in Cinque Terre (Italy) on cultural landscapes
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Culture|2030 Indicators National Report of the Philippines
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Culture|2030 Indicators National Report of Colombia
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Culture|2030 Indicators National Report of Morocco
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Culture|2030 Indicators National Report of Portugal
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Culture|2030 Indicators National Report of Romania
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Culture|2030 Indicators National Report of Serbia
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Culture|2030 Indicators National Report of Croatia
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Technical assistance for the management of the Joya de Ceren Archaeological Site, El Salvador
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The International Coordination Committee for the Safeguarding of Afghanistan's Cultural Heritage (ICC) was formed in 2002 to coordinate all international efforts for the safeguarding of cultural heritage in Afghanistan. UNESCO was entrusted with coordinating all such activities by the Afghan government.
The mandate of this Committee as defined in its Statutes as approved ...
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Special plan for the protection and restoration of the historic city of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
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In December 1995, the Director-General of UNESCO and the representative of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Government signed a Cooperation Memorandum providing for the preparation of reconstruction and restoration projects in the fields of UNESCORegarding cultural heritage, the Memorandum refers to the restoration of historical centres (in particular in Sarajevo and Mostar) and ...
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Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid regionRigautsThomas
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Rubem Braga Elevator Complex: connecting the favelas with the city of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
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Accessible cultural tourism in the old city of Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
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Culture|2030 Indicators City of Hue Urban Report
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Culture|2030 Indicators City of Baguio Urban Report
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Culture|2030 Indicators City of Bogotá Urban Report
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Culture|2030 Indicators National Report of Burkina Faso
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Culture|2030 Indicators City of Ouagadougou Urban Report
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Culture|2030 Indicators City of Alajuela Urban Report
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Culture|2030 Indicators City of Essaouira Urban Report
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Culture|2030 Indicators City of Elvas Urban Report
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Culture|2030 Indicators City of Leskovac Urban Report
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Culture|2030 Indicators City of Dubrovnik Urban Report
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Culture|2030 Indicators National Report of North Macedonia
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Culture|2030 Indicators City of Skopje Urban Report
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Early archaeological sites and the beginning of cultural diversitySanzNuria
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UNESCO Cultural World Heritage Sites in EuropeDebrinePeter
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The Heritage Office of the Instituto Colombiano de Cultura, COLCULTURA, organized the Caribbean Fortification Experts Meeting, financed by the UNESCO World Heritage Fund, for purposes of encouraging the inclusion of Caribbean Fortifications as a whole within the World Heritage List. The meeting was held during July 31- August 2, 1996, in Cartagena de Indias.Caribbean ...
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Preparatory assistance for the updating of the national inventory of cultural heritage of Cameroon
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Support for the annual seminar of the UNESCO Chair for "Culture, Tourism and Development"
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Bolstering community identity through cultural programmes in Cusco (Peru)
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Supporting cultural and environmental education programmes in Lope National Park
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Culture|2030 Indicators Croatia and the city of Dubrovnik Project Page
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Culture|2030 Indicators Serbia and the city of Leskovac Project Page
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Culture|2030 Indicators Colombia and the city of Bogota Project Page
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Culture|2030 Indicators Philippines and the city of Baguio Project Page
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Culture|2030 Indicators Morocco and the city of Essaouira Project Page
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Culture|2030 Indicators City of Cluj-Napoca Urban Report
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Culture|2030 Indicators Kenya and the city of Nakuru Project Page
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Cultural entrepreneurship in Cidade Velha, Ribeira Grande (Cabo Verde)
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Preparatory assistance for inscription of the Royal Domain of Mbe cultural landscape, Congo
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Transmitting the cultural heritage of the region of Missions through an itinerant exhibition (Brazil)
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Improving the environmental, cultural and social sustainability of the Historic Centre of Urbino (Italy)
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Culture|2030 Indicators North Macedonia and the city of Skopje Project Page
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Culture|2030 Indicators Romania and the city of Cluj-Napoca Project Page
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Culture|2030 Indicators Costa Rica and the city of Alajuela Project Page
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Culture|2030 Indicators Viet Nam and the city of Hue Project Page
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Culture|2030 Indicators Burkina Faso and the city of Ouagadougou Project Page
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International Co-operation has taken decades to accept texts including notions such as “recognition” or “perception” in relation to processes of cultural determination by communities (local, peasant, of interest, aboriginal, indigenous, of origin, ......) in the framework of the preservation of Cultural Heritage. It was a requirement as of the Conference at Nara (Japan, ...
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This partnership builds on state-of-the-art digital visual and sound processing technologies for the production of short digital TV documentaries on Heritage using Hi-Vision technology as well as quality 3-D moving images and reconstruction images related to heritage.
These videos have been edited and adapted especially by UNESCO for online access. They are part of the NHK ...
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Connecting young people with their cultural heritage in Saint Petersburg (Russian Federation)
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Technical assistance to update the national inventory of cultural heritage of EthiopiaTournouxMarie-Noël
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Meetings in Paris (France) for the Directors of cultural heritage of Francophone Sub-Saharan countries
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Integrating cultural and natural heritage values in urban development processes in Lyon (France)
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Global Strategy: Support to agro-pastoral cultural landscapesRössler,TournouxMechtild,Marie-Noël
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Five years of Conflict - The State of Cultural Heritage in the Ancient City of AleppoTabetYoumna
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The Borodino Battlefield in the Russian Federation was awarded the Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes.The Borodino Battlefield in the Russian Federation was awarded the Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes.
Borodino BattlefieldRussian Federation
Borodino ...
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Polo del '900: an inclusive, multi-functional cultural centre in downtown Turin (Italy)
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AMMAN, Jordan18-30 May 2004
Workshop Recommendations
Enlisting an item on the Agenda of the Arab National Commissions' Meeting to be held in June, 2004, at Sana'a , Yemen on: The Role of ASPnet in enhancing role of quality education through its pioneer projects, particularly UNESCO Project, related to Youth's participation in the protection and preservation of world ...
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The UNESCO World Heritage Centre, in collaboration with the UNESCO Apia Cluster Office in Samoa, Department of Conservation in New Zealand, and Vanuatu Cultural Centre in Vanuatu, and with financial support from the Nordic World Heritage Foundation, will organize a regional workshop on potential themes for serial and transboundary cultural World Heritage sites in the ...
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UNESCO Urban Heritage Atlas: Cultural mapping for historic cities and settlementsAshraf AliMirna
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Note 3 – Identification des detenteurs de droits et autres parties prenantes, et outils d’engagement
Note 3 – Identification des detenteurs de droits et autres parties prenantes, et outils d’engagement
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Situated in an exceptionally beautiful landscape and covering a vast area of 42 km2, Hampi, in India, contains major archaeological remains of what was once the capital of the last great Hindu kingdom and one of the world’s largest cities in the 16th century. Today, it is a living site, with 29 villages and widespread agricultural activity. Hampi is an important Hindu ...
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Support to the UNESCO Chair in management of Cultural Heritage, Manizales branch, National University of Colombia, Colombia
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International World Heritage Youth Forum : first WHY Forum organized in Russian Federation at Velikiy Novgorod, 24-29 August 2002.
The working program of the Forum included three round tables:
Associated Schools of UNESCO - Integration of the Experience of Dealing with the World Heritage into the Education SystemObjective was to work out recommendations based on the ...
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Capacity building “Cultural heritage and local development”, 18-21 November 2008, Porto Novo, BeninArdesiArianna
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Satellite-Based Damage Assessment of Cultural Heritage Sites 2015 Summary Report of Iraq, Nepal, Syria & Yemen
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IMPACT publication: Cultural Tourism and Heritage Management in the world Heritage Site of the Ancient Town of Hoi An, viet Nam
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Urban Heritage Atlas: Understanding attributes of historic cities and settlements| Samarkand - Crossroad of Cultures (Uzbekistan)Ashraf AliMirna
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teaching module in cultural heritage for primary and secondary schools in Jordan is being developed. It is expected to be approved by the Jordanian Ministry of Education in the nearest future and implemented thereafter.
In order provide a broader visibility to this activity, a workshop was organized at Yarmouk University on the 23rd of April, where the strategies for the ...
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UNESCO Urban Heritage Atlas: Cultural mapping of historic cities and settlements| Historic Centre of Cordoba (Spain)Ashraf AliMirna
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The Republic of Cameroun ratified the World Heritage Convention in 1982. Since this date only the Dja faunal reserve has been inscribed on the World Heritage List. In April 2006 the Cameroonian authorities sent a new tentative list, on which the Waterfalls of Lobe were included. This site exemplifies both cultural and natural values and is intended for submission for ...
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Support for the conservation and management of Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape, Lao People's Democratic RepublicJing/ 景峰Feng
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Support to the South Asian Cultural Landscape Initiatives: A UNESCO/Japanese Funds-in-Trust Project, 2016 - 2018Lin Chih-HungRoland
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Financed by the US Contribution to UNESCO, the US$250,000 pilot project for the documentation and conservation of Kabul Museum’s endangered collections produced inventories of objects that survived the years of war, trained staff in conservation techniques and restored objects destroyed by Taliban.
This pilot project, part of the UNESCO Programme for the Preservation of ...
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30th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention. Urbino workshop (Italy) on “Partnerships for World Heritage cities – Culture as a vector for sustainable urban development”
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UNESCO Urban Heritage Atlas: Cultural mapping of historic cities and settlements| Ancient ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata (Mauritania)Ashraf AliMirna
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A series of 30 exhibition panels available for World Heritage Exhibits. These posters can be used free of copyright restrictions for non-commercial purposes. They are available for downloading as PDF (See Documents below).
Culture/Nature: the link to preservation
The World Heritage emblem symbolises the interdependence of the world's natural and cultural diversity.
What is ...
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The integrated concept of archaeological and natural sciences has been worked out as an integral part of various courses taught within the Cultural Resource Management programme at Yarmouk University.
The above-mentioned endeavours will be followed by further actions planned by the consortium of participating universities. Planned activities will definitely reinforce ...
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Training workshops on new cultural heritage management techniques for Andean countries (Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of))
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The aims of this project were the consolidation of the cliffs and niches, the conservation of mural paintings in the Buddhist caves, the definition of the archaeological zone through soundings, as well as the creation of a map and 3D model and the creation of a preliminary Master Plan of the Site.
Phase I of the project was completed January 2005. Recommendations for the ...
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Some 80 high-level participants, representing a wide range of fields, gathered at the International Conference on World Heritage in Young Hands - A Dialogue among Civilizations, held in Aswan/Cairo (Egypt) from 6-12 February 2002. In addition to experts from some 20 countries around the world, the Conference benefited from the participation of 20 Egyptian ...
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Message given by the Director General delivered at the Press Conference of the 12th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Nairobi, Kenya (6-17 November 2006)
One of the major challenges of our society is coping with climate change; to this end the need to improve the level of public debate on climate change is vital. Thus, public ...
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First Central European Meeting - World Heritage in Young Hands - in Bratislava, Slovakia, 24-29 June 2002.
The purpose of the meeting was to initiate innovative educational approach and develop a sense of shared responsibility for our common cultural and natural heritage. It is considered important to introduce cultural heritage education in both schools and out of school ...
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The Caribbean Capacity Building Programme (CCBP) is a long-term training programme focusing on cultural heritage management and aiming to create a Caribbean network of heritage experts.
They, in turn, can share knowledge, know-how and expertise on the modus operandi of the World Heritage Convention and on heritage management in general.
The CCBP was conceived to respond to ...
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Heritage for the Future
If the future of humanity is irrevocably linked to the city, then this future - political, economic and cultural - will be apparent above all in Asia as recent trends indicate.Throughout time, cities have played a vital role in the development of Asian civilizations. Almost everywhere, the heritage of the past - palaces, places of worship, ...
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The Park of Koga (Japan) was awarded the Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes for its 2003 edition.
Park of KogaJapan
Park of Koga (Japan) © UNESCO
The park of Koga is the work of the great landscape designer Nakamura Yoshio, supported by Tadao Kokubo, Mayor of Koga. The park is a mix of old and new elements. The ...
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RØROS, Norway
The third European World Heritage Restoration Camp for Youth was held 6-17 August 2001 in Røros, a mining town in Norway, that is a World Heritage Site since 1981. For the third time, participants learned how to take concrete action to restore and preserve WH sites through hands-on work and workshops. The students also went on excursions and they celebrated a ...
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The project aims at the emergency consolidation, conservation and restoration of the Minaret of Jam and The Fifth Minaret in Herat.
Expected results:
Consolidated and rehabilitated Minaret of Jam and Fifth Minaret in Herat
Increased national capacity in the conservation of cultural heritage
Income generated and training provided for Afghans of various backgrounds, in ...
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Masvingo, Zimbabwe, 2-4 February 2000
Event and objectives
A workshop for the launch of the World Heritage Education Resource Kit for teachers in the World Heritage Education Project (WHEP) Pilot Schools.
Workshop objectives
Launch the World Heritage in Young Hands project in the 7 pilot secondary schools;
Introduce the World Heritage Education Kit for teachers in the ...
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El Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve in Baja California, Mexico, is focusing on developing locally based ecotourism to address threats to the coastal lagoons, which shelter the gray whale, harbour seal, California sea lion, northern elephant seal and four species of endangered marine turtles. It is also an important cultural site inhabited by rancheros, with the ancient rock ...
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The UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme, initiated as a UNESCO special project in 1994, gives young people a chance to voice their concerns and to become involved in the protection of our common cultural and natural heritage. It seeks to encourage and enable tomorrow’s decision-makers to participate in heritage conservation and to respond to the continuing threats ...
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The town of Harar dates from before the thirteenth century. Its strategic location between the coastal lowlands and central highlands led to its development as an important centre of Islamic culture and commerce. A period of instability led to a loss of its traditional power between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries but it regained its importance in the following ...
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The area of Africa that is present-day Ethiopia has a long history rich in tradition; its sites and monuments bear witness to the civilizations that have had their roots in this territory for more than 2,700 years. The buildings and monuments of Aksum, Gondar, Harar and Tiya reflect periods of great influence, growth and prosperity, while the churches and mosques of ...
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The UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes has been awarded for 2001 jointly to Murjadjo Djebel, Planters' Wood and Old Town of Sid Hourari (Algeria) and the Lygra Heathland Centre (Norway).The UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes ...
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Belize City, Belize, 14-16 October 1999
Outcome
Both students and teachers acquired new skills to access information on World cultural and natural heritage as well as in other sectors of life. Students estimated that they gained self-esteem, ambition and improved their ability to think, reason and work together during the workshop.
Organizers/Sponsors
UNESCO World ...
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A paper prepared for the Clark Art Institute Conference on "Compression versus Expression : Containing and Explaining the World’s Art".
Williamstown, April 6 - 8, 2000.by Georges S. Zouain – April 2000
This paper is an attempt to show how heritage, art and economics have been and remain very closely related throughout their history and how together, through this ...
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Penang, Malaysia, 15-21 January 2006
Event and objectives
See also published report.
"Seeing with Young Eyes" workshop was meant to serve as a forum for discussion of how to relate arts vocabulary and mediums to heritage themes and issues and how to facilitate creative thinking and problem solving skills through the arts and thereby create awareness of, and sensitivity ...
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Many cultural and natural World Heritage sites are home to indigenous peoples. As the UNESCO policy on engaging with indigenous peoples recognizes, World Heritage sites are often located within land managed by indigenous peoples whose land use, knowledge and cultural and spiritual values and practices are related to heritage. Inspired by the United Nations Declaration on ...
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During the 7th International Symposium of the Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC) in Rhodes, Greece (23-26 September) a Youth Forum was held within the framework of the UNESCO World Heritage in Young Hands Project . The forum was attended by 19 young people between 18 and 20 years of age, who met at the Marc de Montalembert Foundation in the heart of the medieval ...
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Features concrete educational and participatory projects and activities that seek to encourage and enable young people to respond to the continuing threats facing World Heritage sites and give them a chance to participate in the conservation and presentation of cultural and natural heritage from local to global levels.Other World Heritage Education Projects
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Earthen architecture is one of the most original and powerful expressions of our ability to create a built environment with readily available resources.
It includes a great variety of structures, ranging from mosques, palaces and granaries, to historic city centres, cultural landscapes and archaeological sites. Its cultural importance throughout the world is evident and ...
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Following their meeting in Tokyo in December 2004, a group of Afghan and international experts working on the safeguarding of Bamiyan (Afghanistan), as well as representatives of the Afghan and Japanese governments and UNESCO, today released a list of recommendations for further activities to preserve the Bamiyan site.
Bamiyan remains one of the most important examples of ...
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UNESCO World Heritage Centre in collaboration with UNESCO Apia Office in Samoa and the Department of Conservation in New Zealand launched the Programme from 17 - 22 October 2004 at Tongariro National Park, New Zealand. The workshop, funded by the Nordic World Heritage Foundation and Italian Funds-in-Trust, was attended by the Pacific Island Countries including Australia ...
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Damascus, Syria 8-10 January 2002
A World Heritage Education Kit and ASPnet Workshop was organized by the Syrian National Commission.
Topics of the workshop included an overview of UNESCO's goals and programs; ASPnet's background, objectives, and schools; the World Heritage Convention on the Protection of Cultural and Natural Heritage; and WHE Kit teacher training.National ...
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Student's appeal
"We, the youth of Africa, have met at the UNESCO World Heritage Forum for Africa in Zimbabwe (18-24 September 1996). During this week, we have discovered just how important it is to conserve and preserve our heritage. Our appeal to you is to help us carry this heritage into the future. We "Patrimonitos" are defenders of World Heritage and the leaders of ...
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Adopting a more hands-on approach
At skills development training courses, young people are actively involved in the preservation of World Heritage, while acquiring new skills that contribute to a better understanding of the importance of both their tangible (monuments, historical centres, natural reserves, etc.) and intangible heritage (traditional know-how, music, ...
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Mount Kenya, Kenya, 19-23 April 2004
Event
The 4-day program included, besides an official opening, thematic presentations by resource persons from the Kenya National Museums, the Kenya Wildlife Service, the Kenyan National Commission and by the World Heritage Centre. All thematic presentations were accompanied by skills development activities based on the various chapters ...
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The historical village of Maymand in southern Iran has been awarded the UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes for its 2005 edition. The prize ceremony was held at UNESCO headquarters on 7th September, 2005.
The historic village of MaymandIslamic Republic of Iran
The historic village of Maymand ...
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In 1954 the decision to build the Aswan High Dam was made. This dam would lead to the creation of a huge artificial lake covering the Upper Nile Valley from Aswan in Egypt to the Dal Cataract in Sudan - a culturally extremely rich area, which has been known as Nubia since antiquity.
In 1959 the Egyptian and the Sudanese Governments requested UNESCO to assist their ...
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Students' recommendations
We, the participants of the first Asia-Pacific World Heritage Youth Forum are here to express our views on the importance of preserving World Heritage.
We can appreciate and see all these sites because our forefathers preserved them for us and in turn, it is our duty to preserve these for our children, so they too can appreciate them and be ...
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Following the inscription of the Minaret and archaeological remains of Jam in the 'World Heritage List' and the 'List of the World Heritage in Danger' in 2002, the Government of Switzerland has decided to generously fund to the conservation of the Minaret and its archaeological site in the area of Jam, which had been seriously deteriorated because of its state of neglect ...
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The Historic Centre of Riga, Latvia, was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1997 for its urban and architectural values. The city’s urban morphology is a fine example of the development and evolution phases of a northern European city. The urban fabric of its medieval centre reflects the prosperity of the city between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries when it was ...
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Ifrane, Morocco 22-28 November 1999
Objectives
The Forum aims to stimulate young people's interest in preserving the world's cultural and natural heritage. The Forum will give participants the opportunity to exchange views among themselves and education and heritage conservation experts on how to protect cultural and natural sites of outstanding universal value and will be ...
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UNESCO, in cooperation with the Japanese Government, has launched several cultural heritage conservation projects along the Silk Roads. Two projects in China (the Longmen Grottoes and the Kumtra Thousand Caves), and three projects in Central Asia (the site of Fayaz Tepe in Uzbekistan, the Otrar project in Kazakhstan, and the Krasnaya Rechka, Chuy Valley sites project in ...
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Pont-du-Gard, France, 21-23 March 2005
Objectives
For teachers:
Provide secondary and elementary school classroom teachers with innovative, user-friendly multi-media interdisciplinary educational resource material on specific World Heritage sites, touchstones of civilization, in support of intercultural learning;
Develop new educational approaches to enhance the ...
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Lithuania, Vilnius, 3-8 July 2006
Objectives
The Baltic Youth Workshop on World Heritage was organized on the occasion of the 30th session of the World Heritage Committee in Vilnius.
The general objective of the workshop was to make an input of the young people into the work of the Heritage in order to search for solutions and suggestions on how to preserve, manage and ...
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Tashkent, Uzbekistan20-26 August 1999
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Summary and Recommendations
Participants
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We, the participants of the Sub-regional Workshop have got acquainted with the program and materials of UNESCO World Heritage Kit and UNESCO ASPnet Unit and have come to the following resolution:
to promote and spread ...
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Beijing, China, 11-13 August 2005
Event
The Workshop was convened in the framework of the Associated Schools Project (ASP) with the third sub-regional meeting carrying the theme of "World Heritage Education"
Objectives
to promote better and deeper understanding in World Heritage Education and relevant teaching materials in Republic of Korea, Democratic Peoples' Republic ...
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Despite its extraordinary cultural and biological diversity and richness, the Pacific is the most under-represented sub-region on the World Heritage List.
To redress this imbalance, World Heritage Global Strategy meetings were held in the Pacific - in Fiji in July 1997 and in Vanuatu in August 1999. As a result, many Pacific Island countries joined the World Heritage ...
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The project consists of four core activities
The creation and the development of an Arabic language web site on the World Heritage in the Arab Region, in cooperation with the a regional partner (possibly the Al Ain Authority, from the United Arab Emirates); The development of, through pilot workshops in the field, of four training modules for the reinforcement of capacity ...
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Vigan, Philippines 20-23 December 2001
Event
The "World Heritage in Young Southeast Asian hands: Second Sub-regional Workshop - Introducing the Arts for Teaching on the Historic Environment".
Purpose of the workshopwas to examine one particular topic and explore ways to use this topic in teaching about heritage. In line with the decision made at the Karskrona World ...
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Uniting the Seas (Baltic, Black and Caspian Seas) in favour of World Heritage Education for Sustainable Development with the support of ICTs
The GVRR project aims to link young people engaged in the preservation and promotion of World Heritage and Biosphere sites and sustainable development issues among the countries located along the Volga River and on the banks of the ...
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Since 2001, with the support of the UNESCO/Republic of Korea Funds-in-Trust, the World Heritage Centre coordinates conservation and capacity building activities in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to safeguard Koguryo-era burial sites.
With a special emphasis on conservation of mural paintings, this project has achieved significant results and led not only to the ...
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A model conservation and management plan for the cultural heritage site of Abila in Northern Jordan is being developed jointly by a working group of teachers and students from BTU and Yarmouk University. This model can serve as a reference for other sites in the region.
The initiative was followed by a course devoted to development of guidelines for sustainable management ...
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During its 27th session in 2003 in Paris and following the debate on Vienna's proposed high-rise project, the WH Committee called for the organization of an international conference to discuss how to properly regulate the needs for modernization of our daily urban environment, while at the same time safeguarding the irreplaceable heritage that our historic cities ...
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Following the launching in December 2006 of the Patrimonito Storyboard Competition organized by the World Heritage Centre in coordination with the UNESCO Associated Schools, the contest results are now available.
Four hundred students from the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda registered to take part in the Competition. They submitted ...
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Probota Monastery, located in north-east Romania, has been on the World Heritage List since 1993.
The present church, built between 1528 and 1530 by Petru Rares. It is the beautiful internal and external frescos, painted shortly after the construction of the church, that give the site its particular cultural and artistic significance.
Probota Monastery has undergone ...
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Karslkrona, Sweden3-8 September 2001
Objectives
The 10th World Heritage Youth Forum Theme was: " Both sides of the coin - how the dark and light sides of my World Heritage can become keys to understand the present and the future"
The Youth Forum aimed at deepening the understanding of World heritage and to make the students aware of the dark and the light sides of their ...
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Ramallah, Palestine 8-10 April 2000
A national teacher-training Workshop was jointly organized by the Palestinian National Commission for Education, Culture and Science and the Palestinian Ministry of Education with the support of UNESCO Amman Office and the Ron Polnick Foundation. About 30 teachers participated in this Workshop. The participants were introduced to the ...
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CONAKRY, Guinea, 20-22 November 2000
Objectives
The first teacher-training workshop organized in Guinea in the framework of the "World Heritage in Young Hands" project.
Workshop objectives
Introduce World Heritage Education to UNESCO Associated Schools in Guinea;
To familiarize the educators and their young pupils with the exceptional universal value of the cultural and ...
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Osaka, Japan, 22-29 November 1998
Objectives
The objective of the youth Forum was to build a "Bridge to the New Millennium" by promoting: Peace, Restoration & Preservation, Natural Environment and Coexistence.The Forum suggested to UNESCO to "Create the ‘World Heritage Movement' with youth and children for the New Millennium".
Students Final Draft of "Patrimonito's ...
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In May 2007 the Report on predicting and managing the impacts of climate change on World Heritage and Strategy to assist States Parties to implement appropriate management responses were published as "World Heritage Reports n°22 - Climate Change and World Heritage." These were prepared from an expert meeting that took place on 16 and 17 March, 2006 at the UNESCO ...
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Politecnico di Torino, Department of ...
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Following the successful meeting held in Martinique on the subject of Rock Art in the Caribbean and the World Heritage Convention, it was noticed by the working groups that the logical theme for follow-up in terms of the trans-regional value and future possibility serial nomination was that of Rock Art in the Caribbean. Rock Art has been defined as one of the most ...
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During unsettled periods between the thirteenth and seventeenth centuries, Ethiopian rulers moved their royal camps frequently. King Fasil (Fasiledes) settled in Gondar and established it as a permanent capital in 1636. After Fasil, successive kings continued building, improving the techniques and architectural style. Before its decline in the late eighteenth century, the ...
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QUITO, Ecuador13-17 March 2000
Forty-seven participants from Heritage Institutes in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico participated in the Workshop organized by the UNESCO Quito Office. Participants included heritage specialists, ASPnet Co-ordinators, university professors, teachers and UNESCO field staff. Close co-operation with the Ecuadorian National ...
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Venice, with its surrounding lagoon, is unique. In this city on the water, where the idea of terra firma is meaningless, a thousand years has seen the creation of an extraordinary museum of architecture.
But this cultural and natural heritage is very seriously threatened. The image of a beautiful romantic city was shattered on 4 November 1966, when torrential rain ...
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A capacity-building project to enrich World Heritage information management tools and techniques in the Arab States Region, from adequate documentation of sites, to use of recording tools, management planning, and information exchange
Objectives
To make available updated information relative to the Convention to World Heritage site managers in the Arab region and the ...
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SUKHOTAI, Thailand13-20 February 2000
Report
Held in the World heritage Site of Sukhothai, Thailand, the workshop brought together more than 20 experts in education and heritage from 7 countries of the region. The purpose of the workshop was the introduction of the World Heritage Education Resource Kit, its assessment, evaluation and applicability to each country and the ...
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This World Heritage Youth Forum from 23-28 November 2000 in Cairns, Australia, was the first such forum to be held in the Pacific region. This enabled a unique Pacific focus with students and teachers from 14 Pacific nations and East Timor participating in the Youth Forum and the simultaneous Associated Schools Project Network (ASPnet) Pacific region ...
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The World Heritage Cities Programme is one of six thematic programmes formally approved and monitored by the World Heritage Committee. The programme concerns the development of a theoretical framework for urban heritage conservation, and the provision of technical assistance to States Parties for the implementation of new approaches and schemes.
World Heritage Cities ...
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The World Heritage Young Professionals Fora are among the flagship activities of the World Heritage Education Programme, designed to foster learning and exchange by bringing together young people and heritage experts from different parts of the world to discover new roles for themselves in heritage conservation.
They have been providing a platform for intercultural ...
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In 1974, after an appeal from the Pakistani Government, UNESCO launched the International Safeguarding Campaign for Moenjodaro. It lasted until 1997 and mobilized around 8 million US $ from its Member States for large scale conservation measures which aimed at protecting the site from flooding, implementation of national capacity building activities and for the ...
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In connection with the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the World Heritage Convention, the UNESCO Associated Schools Project Network (ASPnet) and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre invited Gruppo Alcuni (Italy), a communication group specializing in animated cartoons, to host the 4th International World Heritage Education Workshop on 'Mobilizing Young People for World ...
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Petra, Jordan
Event
The 1st sub-Regional World Heritage Skills Development Course in the Arab Region held in Petra, Jordan (2002) scientifically supervised by ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property).
Objectives
Enhance young peoples awareness and sense of ownership of the heritage
Develop a manual of best ...